Released 1981 Length 37:34 Release date 1981 Label Rdeg | Recorded 1981 Artist Iron City Houserockers Producer Steve Cropper Genres Rock music, Rock and roll | |
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Blood on the Bricks
(1981) Cracking Under Pressure
(1983) Similar Have a Good Time but Get O, Love's So Tough, Pumping Iron & Sweating | ||
Blood on the Bricks is a studio album by the Iron City Houserockers. A more restrained album than their previous two efforts, the album was produced by Steve Cropper (of Booker T. and the M.G.'s) instead of hard rock producers like Have a Good Time but Get out Alive!. Among the better cuts on the album were the title song, "Saints and Sinners" (a song about Vietnam), and "Be My Friend" which includes a guitar riff in tribute to Van Morrison's "Here Comes the Night". Like the band's previous two albums, Blood on the Bricks would be praised by critics but largely ignored by the public. Before their next album the band would change their name to simply The Houserockers in an attempt to achieve success outside of their native region. The album has never been issued on CD but is currently available for download from iTunes in 256kbit/s mp3 format.
Contents
Track listing
- Friday Night (Joe Grushecky) - 3:51
- Saints and Sinners (Joe Grushecky) - 4:24
- This Time the Night (Won't Save Us) (Eddie Britt, Joe Grushecky, Art Nardini) - 3:56
- Be My Friend (Joe Grushecky) - 4:20
- No Easy Way Out (Joe Grushecky) - 3:21
- No More Loneliness (Joe Grushecky) - 3:54
- Watch Out (Eddie Britt, Joe Grushecky, Gil Snyder) - 4:18
- Blood on the Bricks (Joe Grushecky) - 4:19
- A Fool's Advice (Joe Grushecky) - 5:11
Personnel
Guest musicians
References
Songs
1Friday Night3:52
2Saints and Sinners4:25
3This Time the Night (Won't Save Us)3:57